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01. Sassafras (3:15)
02. I Hate Buffering (3:05)
03. Assistant to the Regional Manager (3:37)
04. Dez Moines (4:03)
05. Big Wiggly Style (4:13)
06. Danger: Wildman (4:01)
07. Ben Has a Kid (3:57)
08. Wapakalypse (3:43)
09. Gimme Half (4:21)
10. Louder Than Thunder (2:37)
11. Lord Xenu (3:25)

Total Playtime: 40:17

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - "With Roots Above And Branches Below" - Biografie 2009

 

The Devil Wears Prada wurde 2005 in Dayton, Ohio gegründet. Die 6 Jungs haben von Growls bis hin zu Screams alles in ihrem Metalcore Sound vereint, aber auch für das Genre untypische elektronische Elemente eingebaut. Nach dem sehr erfolgreichen zweiten Album „Plagues“ (2007), das in den USA über 115 000 mal verkauft wurde, wollen die Christenprügler noch eine Schippe drauf legen, um auch außerhalb des eigenen Landes bekannter zu werden.

Anfang 2009 begaben sich The Devil Wears Prada ins Studio, um mit dem Produzenten Joey Sturgis ihr drittes Album „With Roots Above And Branches Below“ aufzunehmen. Das Album wird das erste sein, welches sie über Ferret Records veröffentlichen. Sänger Mike Hranica sagte folgendes dazu: „Das Album ist heavier als alles was wir bisher gemacht haben! Joey hat mit der Produktion sehr gute Arbeit geleistet!“

Die Arbeiten zum Album sind inzwischen abgeschlossen, die Band ist mit dem Ergebnis sehr zufrieden und die Fans werden es lieben. Das Album wird über Ferret Records / Hellfest / Universal am 15.05.2009 in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz veröffentlicht und trägt den Titel „With Roots Above And Branches Below“.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - "With Roots Above And Branches Below" - Biography 2009

 

In the first months of 2009, The Devil Wears Prada entered the studio with producer Joey Sturgis to record their third full length album and Ferret Music debut, With Roots Above and Branches Below. Alternative Press regarded the upcoming album one of the most anticipated albums of 2009. “With Roots and Above Branches Below is going to be much more mature, I know that’s cliché and it’s what everyone says, but we’ve really grown as songwriters.” vocalist MikeHranica commented. “It’s going to be a heavier record as a whole. There are songs on the new album that are heavier than anything we’ve ever written. Joey (Sturgis) was able to do a lot more with the album as well; you’ll find lots of orchestral add-ins on the record, the production quality on this record is really special.”

Hranica continued about the new album, “Vocally, the album is much beefier. The way we recorded the album, Jeremy (DePoyster) and I were both able to put more time into it, and the songs came out with much more emotion in the vocals. Lyrically, I’ve always had the same idea in my head; all of our songs are about tragedy, life, the real world, and God. I’m pretty excited about the lyrics on this album. Every Christian band has songs about God and ‘come to God, God is good’. I took a different approach and I have written songs for this record about people that have come to God and are struggling now to keep their faith and need help.”

The Devil Wears Prada’s music is possessed of equal parts slithering metal riffage meshed with plush rock passages, peppered with a barrage of synth sounds and harsh to melodic vocals. Their attack is complicated further with unexpected twists and turns in composition, larger melodies and a more focused aggression. DePoyster adds, “Everything in our sound is an evolution of what we’ve done before. If you liked our previous material, you’ll enjoy what we are doing now. I don’t feel like there is as big of a gap in between this record and Plagues as there was between Plagues and Dear Love, but our sound has become massive.”

Although the band’s inspiration for their name was from the eponymous novel, The Devil Wears Prada, Hranica states about the band’s name, "It’s the same concept as our lyrics ‘emeralds hold no hope’ and many many others. What we believe it to mean is that possessions don’t matter at all and someday everyone will realize that this is true. When standing before God, He won’t care about your sweet Prada scarf or Gucci shoes or whatever. It’s a Christian reasoning for the name, we didn’t name it to attempt at being fashionable or whatever."

The Devil Wears Prada, formed in 2005 in Dayton, Ohio, started out riding high on Rise Records, releasing Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord which scanned over 50,000 copies and Plagues which has sold over 100,000 copies. In 2008, right before embarking on the Vans Warped Tour, The Devil Wears Prada announced their signing with Ferret. The band composed of Jeremy DePoyster (guitar/vocals), Daniel Williams (drums), Mike Hranica (vocals), Chris Rubey (guitar), Andy Trick (bass) and James Baney (keys) has been incredibly busy since the release of Plagues, including headlining multiple tours in the US and internationally and have also been featured on multiple festivals worldwide.

Recently, The Devil Wears Prada finished up a multi-month tour with Underoath and Saosin. After they finish recording the new album, the band will headline another US tour from mid March through the start of May with A Day to Remember, Sky Eats Airplane, and Emarosa and will hit tour dates in Russia before embarking on another summer long trek with Warped Tour.